Authorities & Vocabularies

McLean Hospital

[McLean Hospital opened in 1818 in Charlestown as a branch of the Massachusetts General Hospital with the name Asylum for the Insane. The name changed to McLean Asylum for the Insane in 1826. In 1842 the part of Charlestown in which the asylum was located became Somerville. The name changed to McLean Hospital in 1892, and moved to Waverley in 1895 (location later designated as Belmont).]

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Sources

found: Its The library of McLean hospital, 1911.

General Notes

[McLean Hospital opened in 1818 in Charlestown as a branch of the Massachusetts General Hospital with the name Asylum for the Insane. The name changed to McLean Asylum for the Insane in 1826. In 1842 the part of Charlestown in which the asylum was located became Somerville. The name changed to McLean Hospital in 1892, and moved to Waverley in 1895 (location later designated as Belmont).]